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The Unmapped Sea by Maryrose Wood

shelbymarie516's review against another edition

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4.0

Like a Series of Unfortunate Events but with wolf children and a governess.

tellybelle13's review

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adventurous mysterious fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

mehsi's review against another edition

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4.0

-0.5 stars for still the different illustrator. :\ Don't just switch illustrators in the middle of the series, that sucks as much as changing the cover does (which this series also does).

Other than that, finally some stuff regarding Simon and Penelope, some past revealed, some plot twists, but I will be happy when this series is over. I feel it has gone way too long.

ketutar's review against another edition

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2.0

This was boring. Very, very boring.
I'm tired of the "let's make these people the origin of everything", like theory of relativity or "she sells sea shells".
There was a doctor called Weltschmerz, and then she talked about what it means, and created situations where she could use the word, even though it doesn't really mean that, and it wasn't really relevant to the story, but - well.
Playing fun with lady Ashton not knowing anything about how children are made, like pregnancy, child birth, the physical part of being a mother... haha, very funny. Not.
Lot of talk about hermit crabs, and none of it in any way interesting or funny.
The funniest part was the Russian tutor playing coral reef :-D That was hilarious!

OK, so to save you from the boring experience of reading this book, this is what happens:
Spoiler- they go to Brighton, meet a horrible Russian family, and Edward Ashton manages to see they take Penelope with them to Russia as the governess to their children. Apparently he created her work contract and there was a clause of transfer.
- Simon and Penelope find out what happened on the island with the admiral - he killed some wolfcubs and their mother put a curse on him. (One half of the family must kill the other half to survive, or everyone dies. Or something.)
- Agatha Swanburne was the admiral's daughter, and Penelope and the incorrigibles are her descendants. She finds out there's a fifth one, but not who it is.
- Simon and Penelope confess their love to each other
- Lady Ashton tries to get rid of the wolfcubs, but Lord Ashton won't let her.

annalieegk's review

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adventurous funny tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

jgintrovertedreader's review against another edition

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4.0

Finally! We're getting some answers. But that ending!

I just can't get enough of Katherine Kellgren's narration.

onceuponacarm's review against another edition

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5.0

So good! Some resolution to questions that have been dancing around and promising to be answered for a long time, but now Penelope is left in a very tricky spot--this one ends with a cruel cliffhanger and I just hope Maryrose Wood finishes the next book soon!

-Babushkinovs
-Pregnant Constance
-trip to Brighton and "Rome"
-Simon and Penelope open up about their feelings

quietlyflourishing's review against another edition

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adventurous lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

5.0

rikerandom's review against another edition

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5.0

Diese und weitere Rezensionen findet ihr auf meinem Blog Anima Libri - Buchseele
Rezensionsexemplar, zur Verfügung gestellt vom Verlag im Austausch für eine ehrliche Rezension ♥

Mit den ersten vier Bänden ihrer Reihe rund um „Das Geheimnis von Ashton Place“, die junge Gouvernante Penelope und ihre drei wilden Schützlinge konnte mich Maryrose Wood ja jedes Mal aufs Neue begeistern und dementsprechend gespannt war ich auch auf dein fünften Teil „Wild währt am längsten“ – und die Autorin konnte mich erneut überzeugen.

Langsam aber sicher geht die Serie dem Ende entgegen, denn der Autorin zufolge wird der sechste Band der letzte sein – dieser hier ist also quasi der Auftakt des Endes, denn „Das Geheimnis von Ashton Place: Wild währt am längsten“ endet mit einem schrecklichen Cliffhanger.

Allerdings muss ich auch sagen, dass es ganz gut ist, dass sich die Geschichte langsam dem Ende entgegen neigt, denn so gut mir die reichlich skurrile Geschichte mit ihren liebenswerten Charakteren und dem Recht schrägen Erzähler auch gefällt, irgendwann fängt die Sache an sich zu ziehen und man wünscht sich endlich Antworten auf die vielen offenen Fragen.

In diesem fünften Band geht es erneut gewohnt spannend und chaotisch zu und es gibt tatsächlich ein paar Antworten – und natürlich viele, viele neue Fragen. Trotzdem konnte mich der Roman ganz schnell in seinen Bann ziehen und auch bis zu diesem bösen Cliffhanger am Ende zu fesseln.

Alles in allem ist „Das Geheimnis von Ashton Place: Wild währt am längsten“ von Maryrose Wood . – allerdings wird es langsam wirklich Zeit für einen Abschluss und daher ist es doch ganz gut zu wissen, dass der nächste Band wohl der letzte sein wird.

rheren's review against another edition

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4.0

An interesting twist, but otherwise the thoroughly telegraphed plot continues, and the kids are definitely enjoying it and are way into the story. Again, I think their rating would be 5 stars, mine would be probably 3, so averaging it out I'm going to give it 4 stars. Only one more book to finally wrap this all up: I think I know how it's going to end but it'll be interesting to see how it happens.